Boba Fett Return of the Jedi

VC0932 PACKAGING

Initially available as a San Diego Comic-Con 2011 exclusive with Revenge of the Jedi packaging, Boba Fett was made available at retail later that summer, with both the Revenge and updated Return of the Jedi logo. When asked why they didn’t update the packaging photo to match Kenner’s 1983 reissue, which featured the bounty hunter on Tatooine, Derryl DePriest admits “it escaped us at the time.”

CARD VARIANTS Hasbro released the Return of the Jedi version of Boba Fett (under a unified VC09 collection number) in the summer of 2011, one year after The Empire Strikes Back version.

Boba Fett’s range finder can be lowered, but has a tendency to detach from the helmet, making it an easily lost accessory.

Boba Fett Return of the Jedi Collection (and 2006’s Vintage The Saga Collection) to be part of October 2011 The Vintage Collection, so they reissued 2004’s Return of the Jedi Boba Fett. Hasbro packaged the Jedi figure using the same VC Since the previously released The Vintage Collection Boba Fett number as the Empire version. took its inspiration from The Empire Strikes Back, it wouldn’t have worked for the exclusive San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Revenge Because paint applications had improved since the 2004 version of of the Jedi Death Star multipack. The Star Wars team needed a Boba Fett was released, Hasbro updated the paint deco to make version that reflected the character’s costume in Return of the Jedi. the figure more screen accurate, adding subtle enhancements that included deeper maroons and greens, and more prominent Hasbro had always considered 2004’s Vintage Original Trilogy weathering to the body armor.

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